Ready to tackle any Covid-19 situation: Jammu and Kashmir Govt
Apr 10, 2023, at 11:37 pm
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday emphasized that it is ready to tackle any Covid situation that may arise in near future.
Jammu and Kashmir: Director Health pays visit to family of deceased COVID warrior
Nov 21, 2021, at 05:33 am
Srinagar: Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather , on Friday visited the family of pharmacist of Baramulla who died due to COVID19 on November 17 and paid rich tributes to the deceased.
Jammu and Kashmir: People not wearing masks are being tested for COVID-19 in Srinagar
Aug 28, 2021, at 10:56 pm
Srinagar/UNI: Concerned over reports that majority people are not following Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), the health department officials are conducting COVID-19 tests of all those who are not wearing masks in Srinagar.
Jammu and Kashmir sees slight increase in daily Covid caseload
Aug 21, 2021, at 10:25 pm
Srinagar: There has been a slight increase in Covid infection cases in J&K with 159 fresh cases and one fatality attributed to viral respiratory illness reported in the last 24-hours.
Jammu and Kashmir: Health workers cross knee-deep river to carry out COVID-19 vaccination drive
Jul 12, 2021, at 11:31 pm
Srinagar: A team of health workers crossed a knee-deep river to reach a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri to carry out COVID-19 vaccination drive.
Jun 20, 2021, at 12:30 am
Srinagar: A team of Indian Army and medical workers reached the Kerani village, which is the last village close to the Line of Control, to vaccinate the people in the region, an attempt made to control COVID-19.
Jammu and Kashmir: DC Srinagar for strict adherence to Covid-19 SOPs
Jun 02, 2021, at 03:55 am
Srinagar: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammed Aijaz Asad has called for strict adherence to the Covid-19 SOPs despite declaring Srinagar as Orange Zone to contain the spread of Covid-19 infection in the district.
Jammu and Kashmir: Nursing staff in PPE kits dance with Covid-19 patients at SMGS Hospital
May 29, 2021, at 11:34 pm
Srinagar: A video of nursing staff members wearing PPE kits dancing inside the Covid wards atSMGS Hospital is being seen as a heart-warming gesture amid the distressed life in thepandemic situation.
MoS PMO promises sufficient COVID vaccines for Kashmir
May 24, 2021, at 01:57 am
Srinagar: Promising sufficient vaccines for Kashmir, Minister of State (MoS) in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Jitendra Singh Saturday appealed the Kashmir leaders to push forward the vaccination drive in Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir: Recovery rate increasing, positive rate decreasing, says DC Baramulla
May 24, 2021, at 01:38 am
Srinagar: Briefing about the latest position of COVID-19 pandemic and the measures taken by the district administration, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Baramulla, Bhupinder Kumar Saturday said that recovery rate of patients was continuously increasing whereas the positivity rate had drastically reduced during the past few days.
Prevention better than cure: HoD Medicine GMC Jammu
May 24, 2021, at 01:23 am
Srinagar: Head of Medicine at Government Medical College and Hospital, Jammu Dr Vijay Kundal Saturday said that the age-old adage ‘prevention is better than cure’ had the greatest relevance to COVID-19 infection as there was no better protection against it than to adopt COVID-appropriate behaviour.
Jammu and Kashmir gets 7 oxygen plants from Germany
May 19, 2021, at 03:24 am
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Monday received seven new imported oxygen plants from Germany with a cumulative generation capacity of 7,100 litres per minute (LPM).
Jammu and Kashmir: First of multiple SMC COVID wellness centers getting ready in Srinagar
May 15, 2021, at 10:26 pm
Srinagar/UNI: The first of multiple Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) wellness centers with all facilities is getting ready for augmenting the bed capacity of summer capital of Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir: Govt extends services of retiring doctors
May 06, 2021, at 02:37 am
Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today approved special Financial Incentives for Covid-19 Warriors of Health and Medical Education Department of J&K.
Jammu and Kashmir: Shopian gets 115 oxygen-supported beds
May 01, 2021, at 11:44 pm
Srinagar: At least 115 oxygen-supported beds on Friday were made available across south Kashmir’s Shopian district following an upswing in the number of COVID-19 cases.
Jammu and Kashmir: Government to revive 20,000 beds in Covid Care Centers
Apr 28, 2021, at 05:33 pm
Srinagar: As the COVID19 cases continue to mount, J&K Government has issued directions for reviving 20,000 beds that had been set up last year in various public buildings identified as COVID Care Centers (CCC).
Jammu and Kashmir: Govt imposes COVID-19 restrictions across Kupwara
Apr 25, 2021, at 06:22 am
Srinagar: The government Thursday said that the district administration Kupwara is successfully implementing the restrictions imposed as per the guidelines to contain the ill effects of COVID-19 pandemic in the district.
Apr 23, 2021, at 04:57 am
Srinagar: A healthcare worker checks the nasal swab taken for COVID-19 testing at Jammu railway station on Sunday April 18, 2021.
Fighting COVID-19: Vaccination picks up in Jammu and Kashmir
Apr 20, 2021, at 10:05 pm
Srinagar: After witnessing a drop during the first few days of Ramadhan, the number of people visiting the Covid-19 vaccination centres in Kashmir is again witnessing a sharp increase.
Jammu and Kashmir: COVID-19 measures reviewed at Tangdhar
Apr 19, 2021, at 10:47 pm
Srinagar: In order to review the COVID-19 preventive measures, a joint meeting of various stakeholders including Ulemas and PRIs were today convened by Tehsildar Karnah, Mushtaq Ahmed Khan.
Jammu and Kashmir: DC Budgam inspects COVID-19 vaccination sites
Apr 19, 2021, at 10:44 pm
Srinagar: Deputy Commissioner Budgam Shahbaz Ahmed Mirza today inspected COVID-19 Vaccination sites set up across district for facilitating vaccination drive to stop spread of COVID-19 pandemic.
Jammu and Kashmir: COVID19 containment measures reviewed in Srinagar
Apr 07, 2021, at 10:57 pm
Srinagar: In wake of rising Covid-19 cases, the Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz today took a comprehensive review of the COVID19 control and management measures in the district, here at a meeting of the concerned officers.
Jammu and Kashmir: 20% of elderly population Immunized in south Kashmir
Mar 29, 2021, at 07:20 pm
Srinagar: Two weeks after the government started the covid-19 immunization for the senior citizens here, around 20 percent of the population from this age group has received the first dose of the vaccination in south Kashmir.
Conduct fine and Rapid Antigen Test on people without mask: DC Srinagar
Mar 22, 2021, at 01:11 am
Srinagar: Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad, Saturday said that following COVID19 safety guidelines is a ‘greater common good’ for all and people must adhere to SOPs as a preventive measure to contain the coronavirus.
Kashmiri doctor's body says COVID-19 likely to stay with us forever
Mar 19, 2021, at 10:50 pm
Srinagar, Mar 19 (UNI) Asserting that COVID-19 could stay with humans forever, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said that virus will become yet another infection joining many other diseases that humanity has learned to live with.
COVID-19: Jammu & Kashmir set to get high-end Roche's Cobas systems
Mar 15, 2021, at 11:01 pm
Srinagar: Amidst fears of another wave of viral respiratory infection across India, high-end fully-automatic equipment is arriving for the three medical colleges of J&K for increasing the speed and volume of testing.
Jammu and Kashmir: Cabinet Secretary reviews COVID19 situation
Mar 01, 2021, at 12:53 am
Srinagar: The Cabinet Secretary, Rajiv Gauba, while chairing a high-level meeting to review the public health response to COVID-19 Saturday asked all the States and Union Territories to closely monitor the trajectory of COVID infections to prevent surge in cases and assiduously expedite vaccination of priority groups in accordance to the guidelines in this regard.
Arrangements finalised for foreign travellers testing positive in Jammu and Kashmir: DDMA
Jan 11, 2021, at 04:37 am
Srinagar:District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) Srinagar has put in place arrangements as per ICMR guidelines pursuant to foreign travellers testing positive for Covid19 on arrival in Srinagar.
Jammu and Kashmir: Govt sets up health club at Panchayat level to check COVID-19 spread
Sep 24, 2020, at 02:20 am
Srinagar: In order to keep a check on the COVID-19 spread in villages and towns of JK UT, the government is going to set- up health club at Panchayat level across the Jammu and Kashmir.
COVID-19: 45-yr-old man succumbs in Kashmir, death toll mounts to 29 in J&K
Jun 01, 2020, at 04:19 pm
Srinagar/UNI: A 55-year-old man, a resident of Shopian, died due to COVID-19 in Kashmir valley, taking the death toll due to the infection in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to 29.